Housing market · South Africa
South Africa Building Permits YoY
The South Africa Building Permits YoY tracks the housing market of South Africa: house prices, building permits and starts, home sales, builders' confidence or mortgage demand.
- Importance
- Low
- Publié
- Monthly
- Prochaine publication
- Devise
- ZAR · South African rand
- Banque centrale
- The South African Reserve Bank
Derniers chiffres
La dernière publication, pour AUG, est parue le 2026-10-22 et s’est établie à -4.3%. C’est moins que 4.1% la fois précédente.
Sur les 12 dernières publications, la valeur est allée de -14.3% à 30.5%, avec une moyenne de 2.4%. Elle a baissé trois publications d’affilée.
| Publié | Pour | Réel | Consensus | Précédent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | AUG | -4.3% | – | 4.1% |
| 17 Sep 2026 | JUL | 4.1% | – | 34.3% ® |
| 20 Aug 2026 | JUN | 30.5% | – | -12.9% ® |
| 18 Jun 2026 | APR | 16.9% | – | 17.2% ® |
| 21 May 2026 | MAR | 16.9% | – | -11% |
| 23 Apr 2026 | FEB | -11% | – | 1.2% ® |
| 19 Mar 2026 | JAN | 0.2% | – | -14.3% |
| 19 Feb 2026 | DEC | -14.3% | – | 5.7% ® |
| 22 Jan 2026 | NOV | 5.8% | – | -6.8% ® |
| 11 Dec 2025 | OCT | -6.9% | – | 2% ® |
| 20 Nov 2025 | SEP | 0.3% | – | 2.1% ® |
| 16 Oct 2025 | AUG | -8.8% | – | -5.3% ® |
Pourquoi c’est important
Housing is the main channel through which interest rates reach the economy: higher mortgage rates cool sales and building first. Home prices drive household wealth and confidence, and in some countries (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK) housing figures weigh heavily on central-bank decisions.
Mode de calcul
Prices come from repeat sales of the same homes (Case-Shiller), mortgage-lender data (Nationwide, Halifax) or official registries; permits and starts from local authorities; sales from estate-agent associations; mortgage applications from lenders' weekly surveys.
Ce que signifient les variations
- Permits lead starts, which lead construction activity by months.
- Falling sales with stable prices is the usual first stage of a cooling market.
- Mortgage applications react within weeks to changes in mortgage rates.
Supérieur aux attentes : A stronger figure than expected points to a healthier economy: it usually supports the South African rand and local stocks, and can push bond yields up.
Inférieur aux attentes : A weaker figure than expected points to slowing activity: the South African rand tends to soften and markets price in lower rates.
Un bref historique
Karl Case and Robert Shiller built their repeat-sales home price index in the 1980s; the 2006–2009 US housing collapse made housing data central to market analysis.
Questions
What is the South Africa Building Permits YoY?
The South Africa Building Permits YoY tracks the housing market of South Africa: house prices, building permits and starts, home sales, builders' confidence or mortgage demand.
What was the latest South Africa Building Permits YoY?
-4.3% for AUG, published on 22 October 2026.
When is the next South Africa Building Permits YoY?
On Thursday 19 November 2026 at 12:30 UTC.
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